{"id":5446,"date":"2022-07-16T21:05:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T20:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/?p=5446"},"modified":"2022-08-20T09:43:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T08:43:40","slug":"july-16-2022-stacked-fuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/july-16-2022-stacked-fuba\/","title":{"rendered":"July 16 2022 &#8211; stacked FUBA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"131\" height=\"67\" src=\"http:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dab-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2139\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I replaced my stacked Emme Esse <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Log-periodic_antenna\">log-periodic<\/a> band III DAB antennas. <br>They were installed on November 3 2020 and they performed brilliantly. <br>However they are extremely fragile and elements get easily bent. <br>More details on the Emme Esse: click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/november-3-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are now replaced with two <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fuba.de\/produkte\/antennenempfang\/terrestrische-antennen\/dab-dab-antennen\/fuba-dat-307.html\" target=\"_blank\">FUBA DAT 307<\/a> antennas. <br>The Emme Esse elements are 5 mm thick while the FUBA elements are 10 mm. <br>This makes the aerial really sturdy. Unlike the Emme Esse the FUBA aerials are not log-periodics but <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yagi\u2013Uda_antenna\" target=\"_blank\">Yagis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Length: 1350 mm<\/em><\/li><li><em>Elements: 7<\/em><\/li><li><em>Frequency range: 174-230 MHz<\/em><\/li><li><em>Gain: max. 10dB<\/em><\/li><li><em>Polarisation: horizontal\/vertical<\/em><\/li><li><em>Connection: F-type connector<\/em><\/li><li><em>Weight: 0.900 kg<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Price: about 100 euros for two aerials<\/em><br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>How are they stacked? <br>Spacing: 150 cm apart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Update August 13 2022:  now 188 cm apart (1.25 wavelength) and <a href=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/nooelecLaNA_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nooelec LNA<\/a> next to the antennas)<\/em><br>Each antenna is hooked up to the combiner with a 150 cm <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belden.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Belden<\/a> H125 coax<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comparing the stacked Emme Esse log-periodics to the FUBA Yagis after a few hours of testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Both aerials perform very well and the gain seems to be on par, with perhaps a slightly better performance for the FUBAs.<\/em><\/li><li><em>The FUBAs have smaller beam width so pointing the antennas to a weak mux should be done carefully.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Tuning to 8A Lille during in the afternoon with no lift at all worked well. <\/em><\/li><li><em>9B and 9D were received all afternoon with no lift. The Emme Esse aren&#8217;t always able to do so.<\/em><\/li><li><em>5C from Germany could only be received sporadically in the afternoon, which is about the same as with the Emme Esse.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Overall this antenna is certainly good value for your money.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FUBADAT307.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"FUBA DAT 307\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FUBADAT307-564x800.jpg\" alt=\"FUBA DAT 307\" width=\"444\" height=\"244\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FUBADAT307_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"FUBA DAT 307\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FUBADAT307_2-800x718.jpg\" alt=\"Stacked FUBA DAT 307\" width=\"444\" height=\"244\"><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I replaced my stacked Emme Esse log-periodic band III DAB antennas. They were installed on November 3 2020 and they performed brilliantly. However they are extremely fragile and elements get easily bent. More details on the Emme Esse: click here. They are now replaced with two FUBA DAT 307 antennas. The Emme Esse elements&hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/july-16-2022-stacked-fuba\/\">Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dab","category-hardware","category-radio"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 06:40:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}